Press: Left Books

With "the almost incredible circulation of books in the Soviet Union . . .
before us as a glorious example," smart Publisher Victor Gollancz set
out in London last week to assuage the appetites of literate Leftists
regularly and at small cost. Launched with Mr. Gollancz' customary
well-bred ballyhoo was the Left Book Club. To join, readers had only to
pledge that they would buy once a month a cheap special edition of a
radical or near-radical book which Victor Gollancz, Ltd. would send
them. As usual, Victor Gollancz' competitors bit their quills, wished...